Diversified Energy (DEC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Diversified Energy Company plc is an independent energy company that owns and operates a portfolio of mature, producing oil and natural gas wells in the United States. The company focuses on acquiring long-life conventional assets and managing them through their full operating lifecycle, with activities spanning production, maintenance, infrastructure management and well retirement.

The company’s operations are concentrated in established U.S. onshore producing regions, including the Appalachian, Central and Rockies areas. Its assets include natural gas and oil wells, gathering systems, pipelines and related midstream infrastructure, allowing Diversified Energy to support the transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons produced from its properties.

Diversified Energy was founded in 2001 and was previously known as Diversified Gas & Oil. The company adopted its current name as it broadened its focus beyond natural gas. Rusty Hutson Jr., the company’s founder, serves as chief executive officer. Diversified Energy is headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DEC.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $14.32 to $14.92
• 50-Day Range: $13.07 to $15.63
• 52-Week Range: $12.33 to $18.90
• Volume: 931,078 shs
• Average Volume: 930,106 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4.62
• Dividend Yield: 7.78%
• Price Target: $22.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Diversified Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Diversified Energy scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 13th out of 248 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Diversified Energy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Diversified Energy has a consensus price target of $22.50, representing about 50.9% upside from its current price of $14.91.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Diversified Energy has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 61.35%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Diversified Energy are expected to grow by 61.35% in the coming year, from $2.82 to $4.55 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Diversified Energy is 4.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Diversified Energy is 4.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.64.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Diversified Energy has a P/B Ratio of 1.75. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.72% of the float of Diversified Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Diversified Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.08.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Diversified Energy has recently decreased by 0.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Diversified Energy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 8.39%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Diversified Energy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Diversified Energy is 35.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Diversified Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.49% next year. This indicates that Diversified Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.88

News Sentiment

Diversified Energy has a news sentiment score of 0.88. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Diversified Energy this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

13 people have searched for DEC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 63% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Diversified Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Diversified Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.90% of the stock of Diversified Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

26.51% of the stock of Diversified Energy is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DEC
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:DEC
• CIK: 1922446
• Web: www.div.energy
• Phone: 205-408-0909
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,987
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Diversified Energy: $22.50
• High Price Target: $32.00
• Low Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +50.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.29
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.96
• Current Ratio: 0.57
• Quick Ratio: 0.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.83 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.58
• Cash Flow: $8.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.73
• Book Value: $8.54 per share
• Price / Book: 1.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 70,770,000
• Free Float: 68,718,000
• Market Cap: $1.06 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: -0.28